Perry Twp. –
STEPHEN C. ACKERMAN, farmer; P. O., Levering; son of John and Ida (Cook) Ackerman; was born January 11, 1830, on the old homestead; spent his youth on the farm and went to district school until he reached his majority.  He united his fortunes with Elizabeth Kline, March 2, 1851; she was a daughter of James and Abigail (Hyle) Kline; was born August 30, 1832, in Middlebury Tp., Knox Co., Ohio. After marriage they lived on his father’s farm one year, then purchased 80 acres south of the present home, on which he dwelt eleven years, then returned to the homestead and lived about four years, when at the death of his father there was a division of the estate, and Stephen became possessor of 72 acres of the old place, on which he lives at present.  Five children have been born to them -- John W., Mary, who married Curtis Hardgrove, of Knox Co., Ohio; James L., who married Miriam Killen, of Waterford; Libbie and Leroy.  Our subject and his estimable lady are members of the Disciple Church.  His father, John Ackerman, was born October 22, 1805, in Bedford Co., Penn.; he is the oldest son of John and Amy (Barton) Ackerman.  We will now follow the fortunes of John Ackerman, grandfather of Stephen C.  He was born about 1760, and at the breaking out of the Revolutionary War, he enlisted and fought in all the engagements until the close. He was in the memorable battles of Lundy’s Lane and Bunker’s Hill.  The Colonel under whom he served was very severe on his troops, and denied them the privilege of filling their canteens with water as they crossed a brook on that sweltering June day.  Many perished from thirst, without a wound on their bodies, and as Ackerman passed through the brook he dipped up water enough in his hat to preserve his own life.  He, often remarked: “That Colonel never walked before his command after that day.”  He was never off duty with wounds or sickness during the war, and received a pension of $94 dollars a year for faithful service.  In the fall of 1810 John Ackerman, John Cook and William Levering came on horseback together, and each entered a quarter section of land on this branch of Owl Creek.  John Ackerman, being fifty years old when shown the land by the Surveyor, said: “I will take the first quarter, as I am the oldest.”  Cook took the next.  It was during this brief visit that he employed Thomas Mitchell to erect a cabin on his land.  It was raised by men from Fredericktown, six miles distant.  The next spring he set out with his family.  They landed at their cabin in the wilderness April 8, 1811.  He had two sons and two daughters -- John being five years old when they arrived; Catherine, Abram and Mary.  When the Seymour family were murdered, they were notified of approaching danger by “Johnny Appleseed,” and went into the block-house three weeks, near Lucerne. The first crop of wheat which they raised to sell was cut with a sickle, threshed with a flail and cleaned by throwing it up and fanning it with a sheet.  They hauled it to Zanesville, and sold it for three shillings per bushel, and with the proceeds purchased leather at 50 cents per pound and salt at $3 per barrel.  The grandfather was a great mower, and at the age of seventy-five he led six men until three gave out, unable to go to supper.  He split 100 rails in a day when he was eighty years old.  He departed this life Sept. 6, 1844, aged 83.  Grandfather Ackerman and all his family were members of the Regular Baptist Church, and he helped to erect buildings in which the members worshiped.  The hospitality of his house, and that of his son, John, was so unbounded, that it was known among the brethren for two generations as the “Baptist Tavern.”  John, the father of Stephen C., was like his father in many respects. He married Ida Cook, a daughter of Rev. John Cook (see sketch of Stephen Cook), and they always lived in the family of his father.  At his death John received the old homestead as his share of the estate.  He also was a devoted member of the Harmony Church, and kept its graveyard many years.  His memory was remarkable, and although he kept no record, could tell the exact location of every grave within its limits.  They raised seven children to manhood and womanhood -- Stephen C., Morgan, Rachel, Amy A., Louis B., Leander and James Harvey, and two died young.  This closes a brief sketch of an old and respected family, which may look back with pride on its examples of sturdy, self-reliant, Christian manhood.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 799-800
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Perry Twp. –
WILLIAM ADDLESPERGER, farmer; P. O., Levering; is the second son of William and Caroline (Frankfetter) Addlesperger; he was born in Shepherdstown, Va., Dec. 25, 1821. The family moved from his native State when he was ten years old, to Greene Co., Penn. where he engaged in clearing for five years.  At fifteen he came to Ohio, and lived in Perry Tp., Richland Co., going to school in the Culp District. He worked at milling, farming and clearing land, until he reached his thirtieth year.  He was married October 12, 1851, to Alice A. Green, daughter of Elder Benjamin Green; she was born on this place February 1, 1824.  After marriage, he settled on forty acres of his present farm, to which he has added sixty acres more, which includes the old homestead of Benjamin Green.  He erected his present elegant frame residence of ten rooms, in 1876.  He raised a family of one son and two daughters, all living at home -- Mary E., born May 29, 1852; John, January 1, 1854; Emma, December 19, 1861; his wife died July 12, 1867.  Mr. Addlesperger votes the Republican ticket, casting his first ballott [sic] for Henry Clay, of Kentucky; his parents were both natives of Virginia; and his father followed the occupation of cooper; his mother died when William was six days old, leaving John, another son, some two years old.  His father married Lydia Kimball, of Wheeling, Va., in 1827, where he lived about three years, then removed to Greene Co., Penn., in 1831, where he worked at coopering about five years.  In the Spring of 1835, he came to Ohio, settling in Perry Tp., Richland Co., where he lived some three years, when he removed to Mt. Gilead, where he worked at his trade until about one year before his death, which occurred March 11, 1867.  He attained the age of fourscore years, and was a fine scholar in German and English; by his second marriage, he was blessed with eight children -- Margaret, Thomas, Cobb, Susanna, Benjamin, Mary, Louis and Rebecca; Benjamin is dead, he had served as Deputy Sheriff of the county.  Our subject began life without capital, and the meager training which the early schools afford, and by persevering toil and careful study, has surrounded his family with a beautiful home, where taste adorns, and hospitality maketh glad all comers.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, pp. 798-799
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Harmony Twp. -
AMOS ALLWORTH, farmer and smith; P. O. Chesterville; was born Nov. 26, 1830, in New Jersey, and was married in 1855 to Maria Powell, sister of Thomas Powell; she was born Sept. 11, 1825; they settled after marriage in Chester Tp., and farmed there for four years, and then lived with his mother for three years, afterwards, buying 35 acres, where they now reside, obtained by their labors, except $550, which she inherited; they have improved the land, and now possess one of the finest little farms in the township; he also works some at smithing; he has run a threshing machine for many years. They had two children, Loella and Angeline -- deceased Aug. 5, 1866. She is a member of the Baptist Church; he votes the Democratic ticket. His father Samuel, and mother Elizabeth (Bockoven) Allworth, were born in New Jersey, and came to Ohio in 1831, settling in Delaware Co., and soon after came to Chester Tp. Here the father died, Jan. 1, 1864; the mother is still living in this township, with her children, whose names are Margaret, Martha, Sarah, Amos, Samantha, Eliza, Eli, Delilah and John.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 702
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JUDGE BERTRAND ANDREWS, Mount Gilead, Ohio, is one of the prominent lawyers in this part of the State.  Of his life and ancestry, we present the following brief sketch:
     Judge Andrews is of Scotch origin.  His grandfather, Philemon Andrews, was born in Scotland, and shortly after the Revolutionary war became a citizen of the United States.  His son, Erastus Andrews, the Judge’s father, was born in Vermont in 1793, and for fourteen years was in the United States Navy, where he held the rank of Lieutenant.  He was promoted to the office of Commander about the time he resigned.  He was wounded in the war of 1812.  At Truxton, Cortland county, New York, Erastus Andrews married Miss Polly Freeman, who was born at Colerain, Massachusetts, February 22, 1800, daughter of Rev. Rufus Freeman, a Baptist minister.  Rev. Freeman was for eight years in the Revolutionary war, three years as a private, and the rest of the time as Chaplain, and at the battle of Monmouth was wounded.  After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Andrews settled in Cortland county, New York, where they resided six years, at the end of that time removing to Westfield, Chautauqua county, same State, and in 1826 coming from the latter place to Ohio, and settling on a farm in Medina county.  At that time there were only two other families in the township.  He died in 1846, and she in 1869.  They were the parents of eight children, six of whom are now living, viz.: Sophia Haskins; Bertrand, whose name heads this article; Phoebe Howell; Augusta Durand; Eliza A. Watt, wife of Dr. Watt, of Iowa; and E. E., a veteran of the civil war, and now proprietor of the Chippewa Lake resort, Medina county, Ohio.  The eldest son, Rev. Dudley Andrews, died in 1861 at Hebron, Licking county, Ohio.  Rufus S., who died August 1, 1893, was surveyor of the port of New York during President Lincoln’s administration; he was present at the death of President Lincoln.
     Judge Andrews was born at Westfield, Chautauqua county, New York, October 21, 1822, and grew to manhood on his father’s frontier farm in Medina county, Ohio, receiving his education in the district schools, Wadsworth Academy and Granville College.  He began the study of law at Wooster, Ohio, and completed his law course under the instructions of C. A. Lake, of Medina county.  June 6, 1848, he was admitted to the bar and immediately thereafter entered upon the practice of his profession in Medina county.  In June of the following year he came to Morrow county and located at Mount Gilead, where he has since resided.  During all these years he has been a prominent factor in the town.  He has served on the City Council and the School Board, and for a number of years he was Mayor of Mount Gilead.  For two terms, beginning in 1863, he was Prosecuting Attorney of Morrow county.  In 1892 he was appointed Probate Judge, and was elected for the short term of 1893.  Always a stanch Republican, he has taken an active interest in political matters, frequently serving as delegate in county and State conventions and doing much as a campaign speaker for his party.
     Judge Andrews was married September 8, 1844, to Rachel Hand, a native of Wayne county, Ohio, and daughter of Samuel H. Hand.  She was born July 6, 1824, and was educated at Wooster, Ohio.  They are the parents of six children, of whom five are living, namely: Samuel H., a veteran of the civil war, he having enlisted when he was seventeen; Mary J., wife of R. P. Miller, has four children; Ida S., wife of D. D. Rodgers, of Youngstown, Ohio, has one child; Fredericka I.; and Walter O.
     The Judge and all his family are members of the Baptist Church, he being an official in the church.  He is also identified with the Knights of Pythias.  His son, Walter O., is Chancellor Commander of the Knights of Pythias and also holds next to the highest office in the Encampment, I. O. O. F.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 456-457
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HARRY S. ANDREWS. ––This in an age of bustle and energy and the man who succeeds in any undertaking is the one who has initiative power and general versatility.  Harry S. Andrews is naturally a hustler and as optician and jeweler at Mount Gilead he has gained distinctive precedence as one of the most enterprising business men of the younger generation in this city.
     Harry S. Andrews was born at Hebron, Porter county, Indiana, on the 7th of August, 1882, a son of Stillman F. and Anchor C. (Deathe) Andrews, both of whom were born in the state of Indiana.  The father was a man who possessed business acumen in several vocations and seemed to make a success in each venture.  He dealt in real estate and was an undertaker, as well as a good mechanic.  He was a veteran in the Civil war, member of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry, and served four years.  He was severely wounded while in service, and he received his honorable discharge at the close of the war.  He was a devoted member of the Christian church and was one of the elders as well as organizer of the church at Hebron, Indiana.  He died in 1883.  The mother was also a native of Indiana.  She traced her lineage to the English, although her early ancestors were of French birth.  The name Deathe was spelled “De Athe.”  She was a devout member of the Christian church and one of its charter members.  She died May 15, 1910.
     To the public schools of his native town Mr. Andrews of this review is indebted for his preliminary educational training, the same including a course in the local high school, in which he was a member of the class of 1900.  After leaving school he learned telegraphy and for a time was in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.  In 1905 he went to the city of Chicago, where he worked for the Western Union Telegraph Company for one year, at the expiration of which he learned the baker’s trade, being identified with that line of enterprise at Hebron, Indiana, for eighteen months.  Thereafter he pursued a course of study in ophthalmology in the McCormick College, in Chicago, in which institution he was a student in the class of 1903.  He initiated the active work of his profession at Columbia, Tennessee, where he remained for two years and where he began to learn the jewelry business.  He came to Mount Gilead in 1905 and purchased the bankrupt stock of A. T. Breese, having as a partner in the business his brother, Burton W. Andrews, whose interest he purchased in 1906.  In connection with his splendid jewelry establishment he has an optician’s department and in both these lines of enterprise his success is of most prominent order.  He is also interested in a moving-picture show at Mount Gilead, which is a source of considerable revenue.  Altogether he is a man of decided business sagacity and extraordinary energy, one for whom the future has bright promises.
     At Mount Gilead, March 28, 1906, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Andrews to Miss Zella Livingston, who was born and educated in this county and who is a woman of intelligence and charm.  She is a native daughter of Morrow county, and was born near Marengo, where she was a student in the Marengo High School and was also a student in the public schools at Fostoria, Ohio.  She graduated from the Oberlin Business College in the class of 1901, and she is a valuable aid to her husband in his business.  Mrs. Andrews is a member of the First Presbyterian church at Fostoria, Ohio.  They are most popular factors in connection with the best social activities of Mount Gilead.
     In politics Mr. Andrews is a stanch Republican and he is a hard worker in connection with all matters tending to advance the general welfare of the community.  He was secretary of the street fair in 1910.  Fraternally he is affiliated with and is secretary of Mount Gilead Lodge, No. 206, Free and Accepted Masons.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 884-885
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North Bloomfield Twp. –
STEPHEN B. APPLEMAN, farmer and stock. dealer; P. O. Corsica; is one of the most prosperous and well known men in the county; born Nov. 14, 1837, in what is now Morrow Co.; (his father, James Appleman, was born in Washington Co., Pennsylvania, in 1798, and his mother, Nancy (Irwin) Appleman: was born in Stark Co., Ohio). His father emigrated to this state when 18 years of age, settling in Stark Co.; when 23 years old he entered eighty acres of Government land in what is now Morrow Co., and worked on it for a short time, when he returned to Stark Co. and was married. They brought all their worldly effects in a cart, and commenced housekeeping in a cabin that had no upper floor nor chinking; they had no bedstead, but slept on the floor until he made one from some scantling; their principal cooking vessel was a small kettle, in which the good woman made porridge three times a day, and on this diet he would make over two hundred rails a day. After living in Stark Co. one year they moved to Morrow Co., where they ever after lived. He cleared his farm and bought more land as fast as he was able, until he owned 320 acres. Stephen commenced buying stock on commission when only 16 years old, and has followed the business ever since, and deals mostly in hogs and sheep, but has handled wool and grain for the last few years. He has been successful and careful in his investments, which have brought good returns; he owns over 300 acres of land, and carries on a very extensive business. He was married March 24, 1859, to Julia, daughter of Joseph and Martha Waldrof; she was born Nov. 15, 1837, and died June 15, 1874, leaving two children: Alma I. and Joseph S. He was again married July 2, 1875, to Anna, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Hensel) Waldrof.   She was born Oct. 11, 1843.  His daughter graduated from the Ohio Central College at Iberia, in 1879. She is now teaching school at Blooming Grove, with very good success. His wife and daughter are members of the Presbyterian church at Iberia.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 620-621.
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Washington Twp. –
J. D. ARMSTRONG, miller; Mt. Gilead; was born in Knox Co., O., 1841; his parents were among the early settlers of that county, and were formerly from Canada.  The ancestry preceding the second generation was of Irish descent.  Besides availing himself of the common school privileges in the near vicinity of his home, Mr. Armstrong attended the academy at Danville, of his native county, for two years.  At 20 years of age he went to California and remained there six years, and then returned to his early home, and afterwards purchased a grist-mill in Washington, Morrow Co.  Mr. Armstrong married in 1870 Miss Linda Wood, whose home since eight years of age has been very near where they now reside.  Irma and Orrin are the names of their children.  Mr. Armstrong is now enlarging the capacity of his mill so that hereafter he may secure a larger success in his occupation.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 743
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WILLIAM E. AUKER. ––Among the essentially representative business men of Johnsville, Morrow county, Ohio, William E. Auker holds prestige as a man of considerable ability and as a citizen whose loyalty and public spirit have ever been of the most insistent order.  He has been identified with various lines of enterprise during his active career and since 1909 he has been eminently successful in the management of his finely equipped hardware store at Johnsville, the same being one of the best of its kind in this section of the county.
     A native son of Perry county, Ohio, William E. Auker was born on the 1st of February, 1862, and he is a son of Jacob and Sarah (Walker) Auker, both of whom claimed Ohio as the place of their birth.  Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Auker became the parents of six children, of whom the subject of this review was the fifth in order of birth.  The father was identified with farming during the major portion of his life time and he passed to eternal rest in 1896, his cherished and devoted wife having died in 1867.  William E. Auker was a child of but five years of age at the time of his mother’s death and at that time he was placed in the family of William Richels, where he was reared to the age of fourteen years.  His preliminary educational training consisted of such advantages as were afforded in the district schools of Perry county and when fourteen years old Mr. Auker left the Richel home and began to work as a farm hand.  He continued to be engaged for the ensuing five years and when nineteen years of age he established his home in Lincoln township, Morrow county, where he worked for different parties for a number of years.  After his marriage, in 1888, he located on a farm in Lincoln township, which he rented for a time.  Subsequently he went to Wood county, Ohio, locating near Bowling Green, working in the oil fields for a period of nine years, during the latter two years of which he was foreman in the fields.  Later he was foreman of the Hartley Lumber Company for two years.  In 1905, however, he decided to go into business for himself and accordingly he went to Chesterville, in the vicinity of which place he farmed for five years.  He then, in November, 1909, purchased a hardware store at Johnsville, which he has conducted with noteworthy success to the present time.
     In December, 1888, Mr. Auker was united in marriage to Miss Stella Burns, who was born and reared in Chesterville, Ohio, and who is a daughter of Ross and Ann (Shaw) Burns, both of whom still maintain their home at Chesterville.  Mrs. Auker was educated in the common schools of Chesterville and she is a woman of rare charm and most gracious personality.  In her religious faith she upholds the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal church.  To this union have been born three sons, namely: Charles, educated in the common and high school at Bradner, Ohio, married Miss Ola Bosti and, they live at Johnsville, Ohio; Frank and Hubert remain at the parental home, both deing [sic] associated with their father in the hardware business.
     Mr. Auker is a man of prominence and influence in this part of Morrow county, where he holds a secure vantage ground in popular confidence and esteem.  He is affiliated with Chesterville Lodge, No. 238, Free and Accepted Masons, Bradner Lodge, No. 676, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in the latter of which he is past grand master.  Politically he accords a stalwart allegiance to the principles and policies promulgated by the Republican party and although he has never manifested aught of ambition for the honors of public office, he is ever ready to give his aid in support of all worthy measures projected for the good of the general welfare.  He is the owner of a beautiful home in Johnsville and his business is in a most flourishing condition.  As an upright, honest, affable citizen he is popular with all classes of people and he is decidedly worthy of the unqualified regard accorded him by his fellow men. 
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 833-834
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South Bloomfield Twp. –
JOHN D. AUSTEN, farmer; P. O., Bloomfield; was born in Kent Co., England, Oct. 27, 1815; he came to the United States in 1828, and worked twelve years in a mill, thus thoroughly learning the trade.  In 1841 he was united in marriage to Martha Cooper, and by her had a family of three children -- Elizabeth, born March, 1842; William, Nov., 1843, and Martha A., born Aug., 1845.  His first wife died in 1846, and in Jan., 1847, he was married to Lucretia Glaze, who lived but about six weeks, dying Feb., 1847; Jan. 7, 1849, he married Mary Jane Thompson, and has by her a family of three children -- Martha L., born Aug., 1850; Amanda A., Sept. 1853, and Ben Dean, Aug., 1856.  Mr. Austen’s daughter, Elizabeth, married J. C. White; she has a family of two boys, and lives in Bennington Tp.; William married Elizabeth Dunkinson, and has two children, and lives in South Bloomfield Tp.; Martha is unmarried and lives at home; Ben Dean is unmarried, and at present is assistant agent of the B. & O. R. R. at Frederickton [sic].  Mr. Austen and family own fifty acres of land, all well improved.  He is a Democrat, but was formerly a Whig; he is a member of the Disciple Church, at Mt. Liberty.  His father and mother are William A. and Charlotte (Dean) Austen, who had a family of three boys and three girls -- John Dean, Sarah, Sophia, Elizabeth, William and Henry.  Sophia and Henry are married; the former lives in Illinois, and the latter in Kansas.  Mr. Austen, though a miller by trade, is at present a farmer.
Source: History of Morrow County and Ohio – Chicago: O. L. Baskin, 1880, p. 660
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